Mars

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MARS
Most earth like planet in solar system
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Info
  • 2 moons
  • Mass is 0.64185 X 1024 kg
  • No rings
  • Color is red
  • Density is 3.933 g/cm3
  • Half the size of earth
  • Mars has polar icecaps that expand and shrink due to seasonal changes.
  • Length of days is 24.6597 hours.
  • Temperature is -65 0c
  • Distance from the sun is 227,936,640 km
  • Surface has been changed by volcanism, impacts from other bodies, movements of its crust and atmospheric effects.
  • Mars is either too hot or too cold for life to exist.

FUN FACTS
  • You weigh 43 lbs less on mars than on earth.
  • (EXAMPLE- if you weighed 90 on earth, you’d weigh 47 lbs on mars.)
  • Mars once had rivers, streams, lakes, and even an ocean